tris

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tris [trees]
noun
1Noise made by the breaking of glass (estallido). (m)
2Trice, an instant. (m)
  • Venir en un tris -> to come in an instant
3Noughts and crosses (juego). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

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tris
sustantivo:masculino:invariable
1 (estallido) crack; (al rasgarse) rip; tearing noise
2
en un tris in a trice
recogimos la mesa en un tris we cleared the table in no time; está en un tris it's touch and go; estar en un tris de hacer algo to be within an inch of doing sth; estuvo en un tris que lo perdiera he very nearly lost it; he was within an inch of losing it
por un tris
los dos coches evitaron el choque por un tris the two cars avoided a collision by a hair's breadth
3 (Latinoamérica) (juego) noughts and crosses; (p) tic tac toe; (EEUU)

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